"Compared to me, you made the worst choice. Why are you disappointed in me?"
The twelve-year-old boy stood in the spacious and somewhat grand office, looking at his father who was considered invincible in the world with stubborn eyes.
The space in the office is huge, and the star flag of Central Continent is placed in front of the desk. It is dignified, but it cannot be said to be solemn and heavy, but has a casual atmosphere.
The father sitting behind the desk was playing with a delicate silver dagger in his hand. The dagger had no sharp edge and reflected a mysterious luster under the soft light.
"There is disappointment, but also relief."
He held the dagger, looked up at his stubborn son, and laughed: "Actually, if you choose the more difficult one, I will also be disappointed. Everyone has their own limit of ability. Choosing irrationally is not natural."
If you act within your capabilities, the outcome is destined to be bleak. The choice you make now is the limit of your ability. This result is actually very good."
After a pause, he continued: "But in theory, we have a better choice, right? It's just that you can't meet the requirements. This disappointment won't affect anything, but it is unavoidable. You should be able to understand, right?
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"You're just saying I'm not talented!"
The young man stared at his father and lost his temper loudly. His eyes did not show the grievance befitting his age, but a very obvious dissatisfaction: "No matter what, I will be better than you! I heard Uncle Yu say,
Your choice is the worst."
"Your Uncle Yu is talking nonsense."
The father behind the desk laughed and scolded: "He tells you half of everything and only picks out the nice things."
"Then I'm better than you."
The young man raised his face and said: "The balance chapter is the worst."
"Being stronger than me is nothing. You should be the strongest."
The father sighed softly, and the dagger in his hand changed into a ring.
He put this weapon on his hand that had just opened fire and sniped an invincible soldier who had lost his energy. He stood up and came to the young man and touched his head.
"Our current conditions are actually very good."
He spoke softly: "It was very good a long time ago, in your grandfather's generation, or even your great-grandfather's generation."
"In other words, when our family came out of your Uncle Lin's house, even if the situation was critical, we still had the confidence to face everything. This confidence gave us a lot of room to make our own choices.
This allows us to truly understand the limits of our abilities and make the choice that best suits us.”
"We have the God of War Picture, the Invincible Chapter, the Peak Chapter, and the Balance Chapter. These three inheritances are complete, but in fact, no one in our family has ever chosen the Invincible Chapter. Even your Uncle Lin's family, after it has truly stabilized,
, no one chooses to practice the Invincible Chapter anymore.
Because we have enough confidence, a foundation, and a future. If we don't choose the invincible chapter, it's not because we are shrinking and cowardly, but because we don't need to take those risks anymore. Little fanatic, I hope you can remember
, when a family develops to a certain height, stability is always more important than risk."
"But I also hope that you can remember that the path you choose is not the real limit. You and I both know that among the three chapters of the God of War, the real limit lies in the invincible chapter."
"I am a father and a warrior. As a father and the patriarch of my family, I know that my son has chosen the pinnacle chapter, and I must be happy. But as a warrior, for the invincible chapter, naturally
I will also yearn for it. The so-called disappointment probably comes from this. It has nothing to do with you. It is just a very subtle psychology. In fact, if you really choose the Invincible Chapter, I will not agree. It is a choice I did not make back then.
, and I won’t force it on you.”
The young man shook his head and rubbed his father's warm palms. His father's face was a little blurry under the light, but it had an extremely heroic outline, warm and resolute: "But I have never heard of anyone choosing the Invincible Chapter. There are really people.
Will you choose the Invincible Chapter?"
"Of course there is."
The father's voice was very calm: "First of all, the founder of the God of War Picture must have followed this path. If he had not walked this path, there would be no Invincible Chapter."
"Except the Patriarch?"
The young man asked muttering.
"There's one more."
Father smiled: "He is the disciple of the Patriarch. You should have heard his name. After the Patriarch, he is the guardian of your Uncle Lin's family. His name is Xuanyuan Samsara."
"Are these two ancestors the only ones?"
The young man blinked.
"Yes, there are only them, the founders and practitioners. After them, whether it is the Lin clan or our Li clan, most of the clan leaders of each generation choose the pinnacle chapter."
My father sighed with emotion: "We will remember the content of the Invincible Chapter, but no one has ever chosen it. That is the limit of the Twenty-Four Swordsmen, as well as the limit of swordsmanship and martial arts. For our family, the Invincible Chapter is a must.
The dream of existence is also the nightmare that must exist.”
"Nightmare?"
The young man was a little curious.
My father was silent for a long time before he laughed: "Even if it is a nightmare, it must exist."
"Why?"
"Because the Invincible chapter represents a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation."
"When the family is in a high position and stable, stability is greater than radicality. But when the family is in turmoil or even desperate situation, radicality is far greater than stability.
If one day, the family is at the end of its rope, the Invincible Chapter may be a life-saving straw.
This is the ultimate inheritance of swordsmanship, with super high mortality rate, super fighting power, and huge burden on the body. Danger and opportunity coexist, and it is a smooth road of hell and traps. But similarly, the invincible chapter also contains the true meaning of
The heart of a warrior."
"Dad, what is a warrior's heart?"
"The determination to die rather than retreat, the courage to face life and death, the madness to break and then stand up."
"When we have no choice, at least we can look directly at death and the abyss. This kind of courage is what I really hope you have."
The father lowered his head, and the foreheads of father and son rested together.
"Dad, do you also have the courage to face life and death?"
The twelve-year-old child discussed this serious issue with his father seriously.
"certainly."
My father laughed without hesitation.
"But..."
The young man's eyes hesitated for a moment, and he hesitated: "Since dad also has this kind of courage, why did he choose the balance chapter?"
The balance chapter in the God of War is also the top inheritance in the dark world, but compared to the other two paths, the balance chapter pays more attention to the basics, and can be said to be the most basic inheritance in the God of War.
The Li clan of the Lin clan has been with the Li clan for hundreds of years. The boy didn't know if his father was the only one who chose the Balance Chapter as his path to martial arts. But even if he wasn't, the clan leaders who chose this path like his father should all be extremely powerful.
A very small minority among a minority.
Are you really not going to be laughed at?
Even if his father is already a strong man in the peak invincible realm.
"You want to say
Did anyone laugh at me?"
The father said with a smile.
The young man blushed, feeling embarrassed that he had been seen through.
"There were still people who laughed at me for being cowardly, thinking that the family's power had ended in my generation, but when we were strong enough, who dared to laugh at me?
The Balance Chapter is indeed the most basic inheritance in the God of War map, and it is also the safest, so it is naturally the weakest, but why can I be the first on the God List? Have you ever thought about this question?"
The father spoke calmly, not treating him as a twelve-year-old child at all.
"But..."
The young man said weakly: "Dad, you are now third on the God List..."
"..."
Under the light, my father's face froze slightly.
"Third? I didn't pay attention..."
He coughed.
"You were the first person on the God List last time, and you are the third person this year."
The young man whispered.
That era was a very lively era, the dark world was always in turmoil, and the rankings on the God List were also extremely frequent. A new ranking on the God List was released almost every year, but no matter how the new rankings changed, the top three on the God List were relatively fixed.
This so-called fixation is not a fixation of rankings, but a fixation of personnel.
The top three on the divine list are either named Wang, Li or Lin.
In the five years since I was young, my father has ranked first on the God List twice, second twice, and third this year.
Uncle Wang was first twice, third twice and second once.
Even Uncle Lin, who always said that he was just trying to make soy sauce, once reached the number one position.
"fine."
The father smiled and touched the ring named Endless Sky on his hand: "I just killed an invincible one not long ago. Next year I will definitely kick them down and become the number one. But this is not important. What is important is why I can
Appearing in this position, under normal circumstances, choosing the balance chapter is basically equivalent to giving up the qualification to compete for the giants of the God List. The balance chapter can allow me to enter the top five of the God List, but the position of the top three giants is unlikely.
."
"Why?"
The young man subconsciously raised his head and looked at his father.
"Because I'm really mediocre."
The father looked at his son and said softly: "I am so mediocre that compared to your Uncle Wang and Uncle Lin, I have no advantage at all. In terms of talent, I can't compare to them at all, and I am far behind you.
Now Li's standing is very high, so we have a choice. We don't have to choose the Invincible Chapter, which is more adventurous and requires us to struggle in life and death. But having a choice doesn't mean we don't have to make a choice.
So we all have to choose the one that suits us best when we are most rational.
My talent is not good, so if I choose the pinnacle chapter, I am not even sure of entering the invincible realm. If I choose the invincible chapter, there is no possibility of me surviving. I can write down these two chapters to give future generations a relatively stable road and desperate situation.
Opportunities to counterattack, but specifically for me personally, only the balance chapter is relatively suitable for me, because the balance chapter has the most basic content.
But this is also relatively speaking, I can’t practice the Peak Chapter, but practicing the Balance Chapter can’t completely drain my talent, which can also make me think about some other issues.”
The father hesitated for a moment, then lit a cigarette. He took a deep breath and laughed: "People can't think too much. If you think too much, you will easily fall into baseless fantasies or into reality-based illusions."
Pressure. If a family stands too high, there will be pressure. Every moment, the pressure will make people unable to breathe, and they will be afraid, afraid of failure, and afraid of falling.
The Li family has been passed down for so many years. As the clan leader, what I fear most is that the Li family will decline in my hands.
But I know my situation myself. I am not talented enough. If the Li family really reaches the end of the road, I will not even be qualified to practice the Invincible Chapter to make a comeback.
I also want to become stronger, but the Balance Chapter limits my upper limit. I can only use the remaining energy to think, research, and explore other things and other paths."
"There are actually many paths in this world. Fight with force, fight with your brain, and of course there will be others. And I...because of luck, or pressure, or something else...I'm at your Uncle Lin's house.
Found another way."
"What road?"
The young man raised his head, his eyes bright, pure and curious.
"Spirit."
The father lowered his head and looked into his son's eyes.
The young man curled his lips and said in disappointment: "Dad, is it the will you mentioned? This is originally a part of martial arts, and..."
An extremely deep and obscure light flashed in his father's eyes.
Suddenly, the young man fell into darkness.
No sound, no boundaries, no space.
Absolute silence.
Absolute suffocation.
The sound of blood flowing in blood vessels and the sound of heartbeat can be clearly heard.
The young man kept falling in the darkness, and the accelerating fall seemed to have no end.
Unparalleled fear broke out in an instant, but before the screams came out, the lights came back on, and his father's gentle smile appeared in front of the boy's eyes.
The boy, whose face had become distorted, took a deep breath, threw himself into his father's arms and cried.
This was obviously frightening.
The father smoked a cigarette and coaxed gently, his voice still gentle: "I choose the Balance Chapter, so I can use my extra energy to study these. If you choose the Peak Chapter, you can also use your extra energy to study these. This is spiritual power. There is no
The most intuitive destructive power of martial arts, but it is weirder than martial arts and difficult to guard against."
The young man raised his head in his father's arms and looked at him blankly, his eyes shining brightly.
Father chuckled: "You want to learn? I'll teach you."
...
"Are you convinced?"
Nanyun border.
In the Border Guard Corps base, the father who was no longer young but still as handsome as ever retracted his palm and looked at his son with fingerprints on his face and bleeding from the corners of his mouth.
The son who used to be scared to tears by him is now a young man, thirty-four years old, in his prime, wearing a marshal's uniform. Even after being slapped, his expression remained calm and indifferent.
"Not convinced."
He looked at the land in front of him, his voice cold.
"Snapped!"
Another slap in the face.
The young man who had entered the invincible state did not hide, he just closed his eyes and remained motionless.
Before his father could speak, he opened his mouth again, with blood on his face: "I don't accept it."
"I've warned you many times, are you forcing me to kill my relatives out of justice?"
Father's voice gradually cooled down.
"Hehe, haha, hahaha, hehehe..."
The young man laughed a little madly: "Killing relatives for justice? I am your biological son! The Wang family is just a group of outsiders. Do you understand outsiders? For outsiders, you want to kill your biological son? The God of War in Central Continent turns out to be such a helper.
A person who helps relatives? You are really great."
"You can't take things that aren't yours, and I won't let you take things that you shouldn't take."
The father's voice was indifferent: "After your uncle Wang died, Beihai now needs our support the most. What are you doing? Poaching corners of Beihai? Shaking the foundation of the Wang family in Beihai? You can't see the hundreds of years of friendship between the two families.
, Tossing hard? Tianzong is also your brother. If you treat the Wang family like this, no matter success or failure, who will dare to follow you in the future?
Over the past hundreds of years, there have been times when the Li family was in danger. How did the Wang family in Beihai treat us? If you had this kind of thinking, the Li family would have ceased to exist long ago. When your great-grandfather died, it was your great-grandmother who took care of us.
Our family took refuge in Beihai, and we lived here for six years. We lived there with a clear conscience, even more so than the real owners of Beihai. Now Beihai needs Li to repay. Is this how you repay?
Is there anything that the Wang family of Beihai can't do to our Li family? It's unkind for you to take action against Beihai. It's unjust to fall out with Heaven. I'm warning you. It's unfilial, unkind, unjust and unfilial for you to insist on going your own way. I
How could a beast like you be born?! Shouldn't someone like you be killed? If you were not my son, I should have killed you when I found out!"
"Benevolence, justice, loyalty and filial piety?"
Li Kuangtu sneered: "What's the use? I only believe in the power I have. This is the best opportunity. Dad, as long as our father and son join forces, the entire Beihai will be ours. I will settle Beihai well. Then we will
To become the most powerful family in the world and everything in Beihai, I don’t believe you won’t be tempted.”
"Is it Beihai that makes you tempted, or is it Summer Solstice that makes you tempted?"
Li Honghe sneered.
Li Kuangtu hesitated slightly.
He does like Xia Zhi, but he can't talk about love. Generally speaking, it's more desire than emotion. Just like with Li Xi and Situ Cangyue, he also has a mentality of wanting to have fun with Xia Zhi, and he has never played before.
Xia Zhi entered the invincible realm a year earlier than him. As a female invincible master, Li Kuangtu wanted to taste it even more.
But this is really not the reason for him to deal with the Beihai Wang family. He just wants to master more powerful power, annex the Beihai Wang family, dominate the dark world, establish a dynasty belonging to the Li family, invincible in the world, and determine the fate of the entire world with every word and deed.
destiny.
This is his most extreme ambition, and it is impossible to be dominated by the lower body.
"Beihai trusts us father and son so much, but you think about stabbing us in the back all day long. Do you really have no worries at all?"
"I have, and I have felt guilty."
Li Kuangtu said lightly: "But that's not important. What's important is that I know what kind of person I want to be, and I also know what Li will get after Wang is gone..."
"You know shit!"
Li Honghe angrily interrupted Li Kuangtu: "You think..."
"Yes, I thought."
Li Kuangtu looked at his father with burning eyes and interrupted him: "And I also know what I will get."
Li Honghe suddenly fell silent.
He looked at Kuangtu Li.
Li Kuangtu looked at him quietly.
His expression was calm and confident, as if he had everything under control.
Li Honghe narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully: "You have obtained guarantees from certain people..."
Li Kuangtu's expression changed.
Li Honghe's voice became even colder: "What did you do behind my back? Who roped you in? Or did you find them? Is it the academy that is eager to get the upper hand? The prince's group that is evil-minded? The north that wants to expand its territory? Or should we?
Dongcheng Hanguang who stabilizes the situation?"
Li Honghe sneered: "No wonder you are so impatient and confident. The parliament has been coveting Beihai for a day or two. Li Shi has given you such a thing, and finally allowed them to seize the opportunity. They did not dare to come to me, but first
To coax you into being so inflated? Tell me who it is, and I will have a good talk with them after I return to Youzhou."
"What if I say...everything except the Southeast Group?"
Li Kuangtu's smile was a little strange: "And the Southeast Group cannot be excluded. Dad, we are also a member of the Southeast Group. Your son and I are now the youngest marshal in Central Continent. In the invincible realm, many people are willing to give me what I deserve.
Respect me and be willing to face up to my identity. How do you think your old friends within the group treat me?"
Li Honghe's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
"It's too late, Dad. Unless you kill me now, it's too late for you to do anything."
Li Kuangtu's voice was calm: "No matter what, Beihai and the Li family will never go back to the beginning, you should know that.
I have asked Xingyun to act secretly. Soon, maybe this year, maybe next year, Beihai will be named Li, and you won't have time to do anything.
Moreover, Li Xi is pregnant, he must be a son, my son, your grandson, wouldn’t it be good if we join hands to create a big empire for the little guy?”
Li Honghe looked at him deeply.
Looking at the almost crazy paranoia and persistence in his eyes, it was like a wildfire that could never shake him no matter what.
He suddenly felt that such a son was a bit strange.
Li Kuangtu also felt that his father's face was a little blurry.
During the confrontation between father and son, Li Honghe suddenly laughed.
"You are still a little young."
He said softly: "I'm afraid I won't be able to control you if I give you another ten years, or even five years. As for now, can I still make you turn upside down? Xingyun is yours, do you think I can't control you?"
?You also said, Southeast Group, they are all my old friends. What you have done in my name is not important, but as long as I take a stand on a specific occasion, do you think they will support me or you?
?”
Li Kuangtu's expression suddenly changed, he gritted his teeth and looked at Li Honghe.
"Don't let me whip you."
Li Honghe's voice was calm.
Li Kuangtu took a deep breath and his eyes became cold.
"Dad, you can't stop me."
He said softly: "Since you are so attached to your friendship with the Beihai Wang family, then I will let the Beihai Wang family take the initiative to break up with you. You can't change anything. I will not change my decision.
Maybe I'm sorry for the Beihai Wang family, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for Wang Tianzong, but I'm sorry for the Li family.
The Li family will be better in my hands. When I take over the Beihai Wang family, you can retire."
"Then I'll have fun with you."
It seemed that because his son was completely out of control, Li Honghe laughed a little self-deprecatingly.
His figure slowly backed away: "What means do you have, let me see if you can use it, and see if I can stop you."
Li Kuangtu bowed deeply to his father and said calmly: "Dad, you will see it. Not only will you see me take over the Imperial Army Mountain, but you will also see what heights the Li family can reach in my hands."
"It won't succeed."
Li Honghe's retreating figure slowly disappeared, and a faint voice rang in Li Kuangtu's ears: "What you are doing is not worthy of success.
Now that you are the most trusted person in the Wang family, if you can stab the person who trusts you the most, then sooner or later, the person you trust the most will stab you with the knife."